Tertiary axis/plane is parallel to primary axis

This DRF is invalid. PCD will never let you use -C- in XACT Measure because all 6 degrees of freedom are already constrained by your primary & secondary.

DBC interpreted literally would mean Level Z+ (or Z- depending on vector to Cyl_D, rotate Plane_B to Y+ about the direction of -D-, make -D- X AND Y origin, and make a plane or point on top face to set your Z origin. -C- would get entirely ignored as tertiary.

He asked about DBC so I gave a correct explanation of what that DRF means. My advise was not specific to a certain spec, or telling him how I THINK he should do it..just explaining basic "can-may-must".

If he measures the part the way I said, he'll get BLUEPRINT CORRECT dimensions off of the part. That may be different then the Engineer's "design intent" for the part but that's their mistake, not his. I run into this issue a lot. When this happens, open and respectful dialogue with the designer is key. If you're 22, don't be foolish enough to tell anyone they're wrong for at least the next 10 years def go about that one a different way my friend!

In THIS scenario, I would defer to the Engineers & do what they say. You need to get along with them. They have history on the part and it sounds like they know how they want it done.

Going forward, get some GD&T training. After that happens you'll be able to speak from an educated standpoint when things don't make sense. I work with BRILLIANT engineers who quite commonly mess up their GD&T. They're doing their best but they're human too. If the CMM programmers at our company weren't as well versed in GD&T as we are, there would be a lot of bad parts up there right now lol.

@Darius11
With all due respect, you're incorrect. -D- can be, and is, the primary datum. The engineer put it first in the DRF, that makes it so. Regardless of how much it may not make sense to us, it is mathematically acceptable. It also would not conflict with -B- (as they have perpendicular surface vectors).

He asked about DBC so I gave a correct explanation of what that DRF means. My advise was not specific to a certain spec, or telling him how I THINK he should do it..just explaining basic "can-may-must".

If he measures the part the way I said, he'll get BLUEPRINT CORRECT dimensions off of the part. That may be different then the Engineer's "design intent" for the part but that's their mistake, not his. I run into this issue a lot. When this happens, open and respectful dialogue with the designer is key. If you're 22, don't be foolish enough to tell anyone they're wrong for at least the next 10 years def go about that one a different way my friend!

In THIS scenario, I would defer to the Engineers & do what they say. You need to get along with them. They have history on the part and it sounds like they know how they want it done.

Going forward, get some GD&T training. After that happens you'll be able to speak from an educated standpoint when things don't make sense. I work with BRILLIANT engineers who quite commonly mess up their GD&T. They're doing their best but they're human too. If the CMM programmers at our company weren't as well versed in GD&T as we are, there would be a lot of bad parts up there right now lol.

@Darius11
With all due respect, you're incorrect. -D- can be, and is, the primary datum. The engineer put it first in the DRF, that makes it so. Regardless of how much it may not make sense to us, it is mathematically acceptable. It also would not conflict with -B- (as they have perpendicular surface vectors).